Overview

Peggy Hunt has been working in the area of bankruptcy and receivership law for over 25 years. She currently co-chairs Dorsey’s Bankruptcy Practice Group and is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy. She serves as a Panel Chapter 7 trustee for the District of Utah and has represented distressed companies, banks and creditors, equity holders and Chapter 11 and 7 trustees in all aspects of the workout, restructuring and liquidating process, including in related litigation. Peggy serves as lead counsel to trustees and equity receivers appointed in some of the largest Ponzi and securities fraud cases in Utah, including Castle Arch Real Estate Investment Company, LLC, National Note of Utah, LC, and Waterford Funding, LLC. She serves as the court-appointed receiver for Traffic Monsoon, LLC.

Known for a pragmatic approach and a solid understanding of the judicial process gained through judicial clerkships served in trial and appellate courts, Peggy regularly speaks on topics involving bankruptcy and receivership law. She has been a member of the Bankruptcy Court Local Rules Committee, and she is a Contributing Author for the Collier Bankruptcy Practice Guide. A leader, Peggy currently serves on numerous professional and civic boards. She is a member of the Utah Bar Foundation Board, the Government Relations Committee of the Federal Bar Association, and is a Past-President of the Utah Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

Peggy is passionate about advancing the status of women and girls in Utah. She co-founded the Utah Women’s Giving Circle of the Community Foundation of Utah, is President of the Utah Women’s Forum, and is a former President of Women Lawyers of Utah.

Peggy is admitted to the Bar in Massachusetts, Utah and the Third, Fifth, Ninth and Tenth Circuits.

Salt Lake City

Education & Admissions

University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1988), Head Notes and Comments Editor; University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1987-1988

Washington and Jefferson College (B.A., Economics and Political Science, 1985)

Admissions

Utah

Massachusetts

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Fifth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits

Clerkships

Supreme Court of Connecticut, Hon. Robert J. Callahan, 1988-1989

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Utah, Hon. Glen E. Clark, Chief Judge, 1989-1991

Experience

Representative Work

Clients appreciate the technical expertise Peggy has developed during her years in private practice and her time clerking for both trial and appellate court judges. Among other things, she has served as lead attorney on the following matters:

Select Presentations

Panelist, “How to Win Clients and Build Your Book of Business in Bankruptcy/Gender Issues,” Annual Meeting of the Mountain Desert Network of the International Workout, Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation, Denver, CO (Jan. 26, 2017)